Fruits of Solanum plants, a group in the nightshade family, are incredibly diverse, ranging from sizable red tomatoes and purple eggplants to the poisonous green berries on potato plants.
New Tipping Point Discovered Beneath the Antarctic Ice Sheet
Warm water that seeps underneath can melt ice in way not yet included in models.
Groundwater Declines in the U.S. Southwest
Record snowfall in recent years has not been enough to offset long-term drying conditions and increasing groundwater demands in the U.S. Southwest, according to a new analysis of NASA satellite data.
AI Shows How Field Crops Develop
Tool developed at the University of Bonn should enable yield forecasts, among other things, in the future.
Surprising Vortex Behind New Solar Cell and Lighting Materials
Metal-halide perovskites have quickly advanced in the last decade since their discovery as a semiconductor that outshines silicon in its conversion of light into electric current.
Researchers Engineer AI Path To Prevent Power Outages
University of Texas at Dallas researchers have developed an artificial intelligence (AI) model that could help electrical grids prevent power outages by automatically rerouting electricity in milliseconds.
First of Its Kind Detection Made in Striking New Webb Image
For the first time, a phenomenon astronomers have long hoped to directly image has been captured by NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope’s Near-Infrared Camera (NIRCam).
CO2 Puts Heavier Stamp on Temperature Than Thought
A doubling of the amount of CO2 in the atmosphere could cause an increase in the average temperature on earth from 7 to even a maximum of 14 degrees.
PACE Celebrates National Ocean Month With Colorful Views of the Planet
What do you give to an ocean that has everything?
A Blast of Heat in the East
An area of high pressure lingered in the upper atmosphere over the U.S. Midwest and Northeast in June 2024.